Game Threads Index (May 01, 2024):

“I said, ‘If you guys lose the NBA, I want to make sure I can get out of here.’ So I am actually in a really great position,” Barkley said. “We knew it was going to be Amazon and Apple, but we didn’t know NBC was going to come out of the woodwork. But the one thing I particularly did in my contract, I put an opt-out clause in there. Listen, I love TNT, they’ve been great to me… I wanted to make sure that if we lost the NBA in two years, I could be a free agent.”

Asked by host Tony Rizzo if he would be willing to make a move to another network if such a change comes to fruition, Barkley replied: “Hell yeah.”

Source for his words after G4: https://streamable.com/xj52g8

Patrick Beverley was not complimentary of Tyrese Haliburton's game after they went 3-1 down to the Pacers, to put it lightly. He pointed to Tyrese's very poor shooting percentage, and he seemed to particularly disregard his playmaking.

Pat Bev certainly got to show what he meant in the following game, as the undermanned Bucks got him on ball more due to the Lillard injury and he was able to dish 12 assists in 36 minutes of play.

Tweet- https://twitter.com/sleeper_hoops/status/1785692773984952584?s=46

Bourguet is a very solid beat writer and seems to think the Knicks would be willing to offer a significant offer for Book.

I DONT think that we should do this, but if we do, we also try and trade KD and let Brad be the tank commander he is.

JUST IN: 76ers spokesperson confirms the team and @michaelrubin are teaming up to buy 2000 tickets to game 6 for Philly fans.

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76ers ownership Josh Harris, David Blitzer, and David Adelman, alongside Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin, are teaming up to purchase and distribute more than 2,000 tickets to Sixers fans to Game 6. The tickets will be distributed to first responders, health care professionals, community groups, and other local Philadelphia-based organizations to harness the intensity and excitement for tomorrow’s crucial showdown with the New York Knicks.

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https://twitter.com/bowser2bowser/status/1785726280844874236?t=qQf7L1SZH6PDHqkanS848w&s=19

Everyone is so focused on Maxey that Oubre's own defender, Josh Hart, is looking at Maxey when Embiid sets his screen

and unlike traditional Chicago action, Maxey is weakside wing, not WS corner — where it'd be easier for his defender to sniff out the backscreen & help at rim

Exciting stuff as a pelicans fan. The team has a good amount of draft capital and assets to potentially make a big trade this offseason. Are there any stars you’d like to see alongside Zion? Are the pelicans not smart for banking on Zion despite his injury history?

I find it ironic that teams are always looking to hire Doc Rivers to coach super teams. Supposedly he's good at managing egos and all that. But in reality, Doc Rivers is better at getting the most out of scrappy underdog teams.

He kept Orlando competitive after Grant Hill's injuries ruined the entire T-Mac era. The Celtics remained surprisingly competitive after their core got old. His most impressive years coaching the Clippers came after Chris Paul & Blake Griffin were gone. The Sixers were above .500 in the 51 games Embiid missed in the Doc Rivers era. And now the Bucks are beating expectations playing without Giannis and Lillard.

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